Go, LEGO Car!

This race car was made with LEGO bricks.

By Meg Richardson

From the September 2023 Issue

Learning Objective: Children understand how to get information from text and images.

Lexile: 290L

Guided Reading Level: I

DRA Level: 16

Vocabulary: engine

Featured Skill: Key Details,

Topic: Science,

The LEGO pieces up close.

Vroom! This car is made of LEGO® pieces. It is the same size as a normal car. A person can drive it.

It’s all LEGO pieces! It has a LEGO steering wheel. It has a LEGO engine. That makes it go.

How many LEGO pieces did it take to build? It took more than a million!

A race car driver drove it. He didn’t go fast. He didn’t want to break it! Would you like to ride in a LEGO car?

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Implementation

Small group; whole group; independent reading

NGSS Focus

K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design: Form and function

Pairings and Text Connections

**From the Storyworks 2 archive:**

“Interview With a LEGO® Brick” (October/November 2021) Search Lego in our search bar. This gives facts about LEGO bricks.

Before-Reading Resources

Text Preview Bookmarks (10 minutes)

Kids can cut out the nonfiction bookmark and use it to preview the text.

Nonfiction text features (30 minutes)

Take a close look at the photo. Ask children to share what they notice about it. Help them understand that we get information from pictures.

Point out the subheads. As you read, call attention to how they tell what the text below them will be about.

After-Reading Skills Practice (15 minutes for each activity)

Quiz: Comprehension check

Nosey’s Fact File: Key details Students can fill in key details on this page. Send photos of their pages, or emails of their facts, to [email protected]. She will write back!

After-Reading Video

LEGO car: Watch the video, ”Making a LEGO Car.“

Text-to-Speech

Go, LEGO Car!

More About the Article

Implementation

Small group; whole group; independent reading

NGSS Focus

K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design: Form and function

Pairings and Text Connections

**From the Storyworks 2 archive:**

“Interview With a LEGO® Brick” (October/November 2021) Search Lego in our search bar. This gives facts about LEGO bricks.

Before-Reading Resources

Text Preview Bookmarks (10 minutes)

Kids can cut out the nonfiction bookmark and use it to preview the text.

Suggested Reading Focus

Nonfiction text features (30 minutes)

Take a close look at the photo. Ask children to share what they notice about it. Help them understand that we get information from pictures.

Point out the subheads. As you read, call attention to how they tell what the text below them will be about.

After-Reading Skills Practice (15 minutes for each activity)

Quiz: Comprehension check

Nosey’s Fact File: Key details Students can fill in key details on this page. Send photos of their pages, or emails of their facts, to [email protected]. She will write back!

After-Reading Video

LEGO car: Watch the video, ”Making a LEGO Car.“

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Go, LEGO Car!

More About the Article

Implementation

Small group; whole group; independent reading

NGSS Focus

K-2-ETS1 Engineering Design: Form and function

Pairings and Text Connections

From the Storyworks 2 archive: “Interview With a LEGO® Brick” (October/November 2021) Search Lego in our search bar. This gives facts about LEGO bricks.

Before-Reading Resources

Text Preview Bookmarks (10 minutes) Kids can cut out the nonfiction bookmark and use it to preview the text.

Suggested Reading Focus

Nonfiction text features (30 minutes) Take a close look at the photo. Ask children to share what they notice about it. Help them understand that we get information from pictures. Point out the subheads. As you read, call attention to how they tell what the text below them will be about.

After-Reading Skills Practice (15 minutes for each activity)

Quiz: Comprehension check Nosey’s Fact File: Key details Students can fill in key details on this page. Send photos of their pages, or emails of their facts, to [email protected]. She will write back!

After-Reading Video

LEGO car: Watch the video, ”Making a LEGO Car.“

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**From the Storyworks 2 archive:**

“Interview With a LEGO® Brick” (October/November 2021) Search Lego in our search bar. This gives facts about LEGO bricks.

Text Preview Bookmarks (10 minutes)

Kids can cut out the nonfiction bookmark and use it to preview the text.

Nonfiction text features (30 minutes)

Take a close look at the photo. Ask children to share what they notice about it. Help them understand that we get information from pictures.

Point out the subheads. As you read, call attention to how they tell what the text below them will be about.

Quiz: Comprehension check

Nosey’s Fact File: Key details Students can fill in key details on this page. Send photos of their pages, or emails of their facts, to [email protected]. She will write back!